Awareness
SUB Awareness works to educate and empower staff and students of Iowa State University through programs that promote leadership, community building and self- awareness. SUB Awareness sponsors events that raise understanding of personal
and social concerns locally and globally.
The Awareness committee is composed of students who are passionate about
making a difference to other students on campus, the community, and to people around the world. The Awareness committee is open to all people and all causes—if you are passionate about it, so are we!
and social concerns locally and globally.
The Awareness committee is composed of students who are passionate about
making a difference to other students on campus, the community, and to people around the world. The Awareness committee is open to all people and all causes—if you are passionate about it, so are we!
Brittney Carpio
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR SPRING 2012:
Waste Land // February 21, 2012, 7:30 pm // Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" - self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.
You can find more information at the documentary's website: http://www.wastelandmovie.com/index.html
Ugandan Children of War // January 24, 2012, 7:00 pm // Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Photographer Mary Chind and Dr. Neil Mandsager will discuss their visit to Uganda with ChildVoice International. The organization works to rehabilitate children traumatized by war, including former child soldiers, children orphaned by war, and those left destitute by rebel activity. Mary Chind has been a staff photographer at The Des Moines Register since 1999. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2010. Neil Mandsager, is a Des Moines-based obstetrician specializing in high-risk pregnancies. He started the Perinatal Center of Iowa in 1993. The son of a medical missionary, he was born in Cameroon and raised in Marshalltown. He is a board member for ChildVoice International, and brother to the founder and current president of ChildVoice, Conrad Mandsager. The talk accompanies the Mary Chind's photography exhibit, Silent No More: Ugandan Children of War.
